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		<title>Swansea Sound &#8211; Live at the Rum Puncheon</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2021 15:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Swansea Sound: a band that came into being during lockdown and decided that fast, loud, political indiepop punk was the answer to being stuck indoors. Who needs introspection?

Hue Williams is reunited with Pooh Sticks singing partner Amelia Fletcher (ex- Talulah Gosh, Heavenly). Rob Pursey (also ex-Heavenly) and Ian Button provide the noise. The band has played one gig in real life – but there will be more in 2022.

Three of the tracks were released as singles, all of them now impossible to obtain. ‘Corporate Indie Band’ was a limited edition cassette, ‘I Sold My Soul on eBay’ was a one-off lathe cut that got auctioned on eBay (with a £400 winning bid), ‘Indies of the World’ was a 7” inch single that briefly hit the UK physical charts, but quickly sold out and plummeted back out again.  And now, to coincide with the LP pre-release on 1st September, ‘Swansea Sound’ is released as a limited edition cassette. (1st September was the date, exactly one year ago, when Swansea Sound Radio was re-branded by its new corporate owners and the name became available.)  The song is a requiem for that specific lost radio station - a DJ describes his final day at work before his show is ‘rationalised' out of existence.

Swansea Sound took their name from a radio station, and they even use its abandoned logo. Something modern, acidic and angry has taken up residence in a familiar, borrowed frame, just as it has in these indiepunk pop songs. You can throw yourself around to Swansea Sound like it’s 1986, but if you catch the lyrics you’ll remember you’re in 2021. (Sorry about that.)

Released on indie labels of the world!
Buy from your local label and it will be cheaper.
LP, CD: Skep Wax Records (UK, Europe); HHBTM Records (North America).
CASSETTE: Lavender Sweep Records (UK, Europe); Austin Town Hall Records (North America); Shiny Happy Records (Indonesia).]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Tracklisting:</div>
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<div>1. Rock and Roll Void</div>
<div>2. I Sold My Soul on Ebay</div>
<div>3. I&#8217;m OK When You&#8217;re Around</div>
<div>4. The Pooh Sticks</div>
<div>5. Let It Happen</div>
<div>6. Je Ne Sais Quoi</div>
<div>7. Pasadena</div>
<div>8. Indies of the World</div>
<div>9. Corporate Indie Band</div>
<div>10. Freedom of Speech</div>
<div>11. Angry Girl</div>
<div>12. Swansea Sound</div>
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		<title>Swansea Sound &#8211; Indies of the World</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2021 22:32:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Shipping late March 2021.

<i><span style="font-weight: 400;">"</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Indies of the World</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">,"</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> the new single by Swansea Sound, is a call to arms. Its aim is to revitalize the Global Pop Underground, making it strong enough to vanquish the corporate behemoth. </span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">OK, it’s just a limited release 7” single. But the revolution has to start somewhere.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Hue Williams and Amelia Fletcher of the Pooh Sticks were reunited a few months ago on the first Swansea Sound single, "</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Corporate Indie Band</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">." It attracted lots of interest and airplay and sold out in a few hours. Since then, second single "</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sold My Soul on eBay"</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has been released as a one-off (on eBay) and played on many radio stations.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">"Indies of the World"</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> will be released simultaneously on four different Indie Labels of the World: Skep Wax in the UK, Formosa Punk in Japan, HHBTM in the US, and Lavender Sweep in Wales (cassette only). There’s no need to buy an expensive import.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">It will not be released on Spotify, Apple Music or other corporate streamers.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">"</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Indies of the World"</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is for record-lovers, indie dancefloors, non-corporate radio shows, and the flourishing online indie DJ/blogging scene. </span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Flipside "</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Je Ne Sais Quoi"</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is a duet in which feckless male Hue is berated by nonplussed female partner Amelia.  It’s like "</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">C is the Heavenly Option"</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> after a lovers’ tiff.  </span>]]></description>
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<div>1. Indies of the World</div>
<div>2. Je Ne Sais Quoi</div>
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